Combination hook and lock.



W. ROGERS.

COMBINATION HOOK AND LOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24. 1913.

Patented Dec. 8, 19%

WILLIAM ROGERS, OF NEW IBEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINATION HOOK AND LOCK.

Application filed September 24, 1913.

To all 1072 0m it may concern Be it known that I, lVILLLiM ROGERS, acitizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Combination Hooks and Locks, of, which the following isa specification. 1

This invention relates to an improved combination hook and lock, and ithas for its object to produce a supporting hook for general useembodying a guard arm and a lock, whereby the guard arm may be securedin obstructing position with respect to the hook for the purpose ofpreventing unauthorized removal of articles supported on the hook.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of the classdescribed in connection with supporting means such as screws, wherebythe hook may be mounted in position, the arrangement being such that thesecuring means may not be detached when the device is locked, therebypreventing the bodily removal of the hook.

A further object of the invention is to construct a device of the classdescribed with a guard arm which is of curved or arcuate form so as toconstitute an auxiliary hook on which objects will be supported withoutbeing secured by the locking device.

lVith these and other ends in View which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction, combination and arrangement of parts which willbe hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaim may be resorted towhen desired.

In the drawing-Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of the devicewith the guard arm swung to a non-obstructing position. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the device, showing the guard arm locked. Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing a modification, whereby the guard arm forms anauxiliary hook.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 791,580.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

A base 10 of suitable design and dimenat its free end a catch 14 for thereception of which the base is provided with a socket 15, said socketcontaining also a locking device of conventional construction includinga spring actuated latch member 16 adapted for engagement with the may beactuated to release it from the catch by meansof akey of suitableconstruction for the admission'of which a keyhole 17 is provided. Thebase 10 includes an upwardly extending lip 18 which projects above thesocket portion and which is positioned in rear of the free extremity ofthe arm 12 when the latter is in locked position.

The base member 10 is provided near its lower end with a fasteningmember, such as a wood screw 19 which is integrally connect-- edtherewith and which extends rearwardly with respect to the base. Thisdevice may be screwed into the wall or other supporting member,indicated at 20. The second fastening member consisting of an ordinarvwood screw 21 is inserted into the supporting member 20 through the lip18. It will be readily seen that when the arm 12 is in locked orobstructed position, it will obstruct access to the head of the screw21, thus preventing the removal of said screw. It is also evident thatas long as the screw 21 is in position, it is impossible to rotate thedevice about the axis of the screw 19 which would be necessary in orderto disengage the latter from the support. The device will, therefore, beheld securely against unauthorized removal when the arm 12 is locked inobstructing position.

The improved hook may be used for the purpose of supporting garments ofvarious kinds, harness and many other articles, which, by securing thearm 12 in obstructing position will be kept and safe-guarded againstunauthorized removal. By disengaging the latch member 16 from the catch14 by the use of a suitable key, the arm 12 may be swung to anon-obstructing position, as will be readily seen.

Under the construction shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the arm, heredesignated by 12', has been bent or curved to form an auxiliary hook onwhich additional articles may be supported after the arm has been catch14 and which v placed in an obstructing position with respect to thehook 11. Such auxiliary hook may be found useful, for instance, for thepurpose of supporting a hat when other garments are supported on thehook 11, it being obviously impossible to place ahat on the hook 11 andthen to place the arm 12 in obstructing position. Other uses for theauxiliary hook formed by the arm 12 will readily suggest themselves.

It will be seen that I have produced a simple and efficient safety hookand looking device which not only will prevent the unauthorized removalof garments and the like supported on the hook, but will also safeguardthe removal of the hook itself fromthe Wall or other support on which itmay be mounted.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

Copies of this patent may be obtained for arm pivotally A device of theclass described comprising a base having a socket and a lip extendingupwardly adjacent thereto, a fastening screw connected integrally withthe base near the lower end therefrom, a hook extending forwardly fromthe base, a guard connected with the hook and having a catch at the freeend thereof and adapted to engage the socket, a fastening screwextending through the lip ofthe base and obstructed by the guard armwhen the catch of the latter engages the socket, and a "locking devicein the socket including a spring actuated latch engaging the'catch.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence-of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM ROGERS. Witnesses:

AN'roNn J FREITAR, MANUEL A. PEDRozo.

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